> So who is responsible becomes less important in my mind as responding while we can with effective ways to live and prosper under different climates.
The hard fact is this: about a thousand politicians have the collective ability to make a large percentage of the planet no longer viable for humans for hundreds of years.
You likely know it to be true with regards to nuclear arsenal. Why would it be so hard to accept that the same goes for gas emissions?
Humans can burn or cut down phenomenally large forests — they have, and still do, at an increasingly faster rate, thanks to more and more sophisticated technology. Humans can, and do, drill into methane pockets underground, releasing large amounts of gas. And, of course, oil.
The second law of thermodynamics is a fact of life. There is no fully sustainable energy consumption scheme. Those we rely most on currently come from accidental geological events; primarily, the lack of bacterial enzymes able to consume lignin prior to the end of the Carboniferous.
Just like diagnosing a disease is necessary to get the meds needed to survive, understanding the mechanisms of our planet's viability is necessary for our sake.
The hard fact is this: about a thousand politicians have the collective ability to make a large percentage of the planet no longer viable for humans for hundreds of years.
You likely know it to be true with regards to nuclear arsenal. Why would it be so hard to accept that the same goes for gas emissions?
Humans can burn or cut down phenomenally large forests — they have, and still do, at an increasingly faster rate, thanks to more and more sophisticated technology. Humans can, and do, drill into methane pockets underground, releasing large amounts of gas. And, of course, oil.
The second law of thermodynamics is a fact of life. There is no fully sustainable energy consumption scheme. Those we rely most on currently come from accidental geological events; primarily, the lack of bacterial enzymes able to consume lignin prior to the end of the Carboniferous.
Just like diagnosing a disease is necessary to get the meds needed to survive, understanding the mechanisms of our planet's viability is necessary for our sake.